21523 GONG

Summary

21523 GONG is an asteroid^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 21523 GONG is credited with the discovery of Roy A. Tucker^[3].
• 21523 GONG's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].
• 21523 GONG's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Goodricke-Pigott Observatory^[5].
• Global Oscillations Network Group is named after 21523 GONG^[6].
• 21523 GONG's follows is recorded as 21522 Entwisle^[7].
• 21523 GONG's followed by is recorded as (21524) 1998 MB16^[8].
• 21523 GONG's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt^[9].
• 21523 GONG's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun^[10].
• 21523 GONG's provisional designation is recorded as 1998 MW15^[11].
• 21523 GONG's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1998-06-26T00:00:00Z^[12].
• 21523 GONG's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03y2w4n^[13].
• 21523 GONG's JPL Small-Body Database SPK-ID is recorded as 20021523^[14].
• 21523 GONG's significant event is recorded as naming^[15].
• 21523 GONG's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.26'}^[16].
• 21523 GONG's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2624454'}^[17].
• 21523 GONG's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.2606385356587411'}^[18].
• 21523 GONG's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.9'}^[19].
• 21523 GONG's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+13.98'}^[20].
• 21523 GONG's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+26.51843'}^[21].
• 21523 GONG's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+26.52059208630708'}^[22].
• 21523 GONG's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+5.22'}^[23].
• 21523 GONG's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+1907.18677782488'}^[24].
• 21523 GONG's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+117.95307'}^[25].
• 21523 GONG's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+117.8710955088034'}^[26].
• 21523 GONG's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+3.0084036'}^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

21523 GONG's instance of is recorded as asteroid^[4].

History and Context

Global Oscillations Network Group is named after 21523 GONG^[6].

Why It Matters

21523 GONG ranks in the top 2% of asteroid entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]